Tantrums? - Page 2

Mum2b_Claire · Nov 5th, 2009, 07:03 AM

Looks like I'm on my own here in not thinking 6 month olds can have tantrums! But found this article:

http://www.justthefactsbaby.com/baby...by-tantrums/24

butrfly · Nov 5th, 2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Mum2b_Claire

Looks like I'm on my own here in not thinking 6 month olds can have tantrums!

you're not on your own. claire. my LO does this very same action and i would not classify it as a tantrum. a tantrum is an outburst of emotions.

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Originally Posted by Laura--x

She kinds of make a really loud noise as if shes straining really hard ( but shes not actually straining, shes pooping fine too ). Ive noticed she will sometimes kind of clench herself aswell so she shakes iykwim...

She will just randomly do it, but she'll also do it say if i give her a bottle and she doesnt want no more, and when i put her down for a nap she'll do it ( if i ignore her she just goes off to sleep ).

sounds more like LO trying to find a way to communicate what she wants (or does not want), not necessarily throwing a fit.

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Originally Posted by candeur

Yeah I would say they could have tantrums too. Seren's had a wicked temper since she was a baby, she's throw herself back and turn purple screaming... I just tried to take her attention away from it at that age.

I think a few babies do this and I believe it has more to do with crying as an outlet or a way of communicating or expressing their feelings. not the outburst the word "tantrum" connotes.

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A tantrum is an emotional outburst of ill humor or a fit of bad temper wherein the 'higher' cognitive functions are unable to stop the emotional expression of the putative 'lower' (emotional and physical) functions. It can be categorized by an irrational fit of crying, screaming, defiance, angry ranting and a resistance to every attempt at pacification in which even physical control is lost. The person may not stand or sit on their own. Even when the "goal" of the person is met, he or she is not calmed.

i think 6 months is a bit too young to have the complicated emotions resulting in tantrums.

faille · Nov 5th, 2009, 09:52 AM

I wouldn't say Violet has "tantrums" because I associate that with spoilt little brats not getting their own way! (not saying anyone's LO here is a spoilt brat lol, I just don't class things as tantrums lightly)

But she definately gets frustrated and has little outbursts. If I can figure out why she's frustrated then I'll obviously help her, if not I just distract / play with something else

Nov 5th, 2009, 07:03 AM	#11
Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,905	Looks like I'm on my own here in not thinking 6 month olds can have tantrums! But found this article: http://www.justthefactsbaby.com/baby...by-tantrums/24

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Nov 5th, 2009, 09:52 AM	#13
faille Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent UK Posts: 3,681	I wouldn't say Violet has "tantrums" because I associate that with spoilt little brats not getting their own way! (not saying anyone's LO here is a spoilt brat lol, I just don't class things as tantrums lightly) But she definately gets frustrated and has little outbursts. If I can figure out why she's frustrated then I'll obviously help her, if not I just distract / play with something else

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